Brian Broome

Brian Broome (born 1969 or 1970) is an American memoirist, poet, and screenwriter from Ohio. He is best known for his award-winning memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods.

Education and career Broome received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Chatham University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where he also worked as a K. Leroy Irvis Fellow and an instructor in the Writing Program. His first full-length book, Punch Me Up to the Gods, was purchased by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt while he was still a student.

Broome currently writes for The Washington Post and is a Writer in Residence at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. YearWorkAwardResultRef.2018"Gravel"Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Award for College ProseWinner 2019“In the Hypocrisy of the Opioid Epidemic, White Means Victim, Black Means Addict”Vann Award for Online/Health-Science-EnvironmentWinner 2020"Garbage"Cortada Short Film Festival's Audience Choice AwardWinner Portland Short FestSemi-finalist 2022Israel Fishman Non-Fiction AwardHonor Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir or BiographyWinner Randy Shilts Award for Gay NonfictionWinner